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Yaakov Lappin

Yaakov Lappin

Yaakov Lappin is an Israel-based military affairs correspondent and analyst. He is the in-house analyst at the Miryam Institute; a research associate at the Alma Research and Education Center; and a research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He is a frequent guest commentator on international television news networks, including Sky News and i24 News. Lappin is the author of Virtual Caliphate: Exposing the Islamist State on the Internet. Follow him at: www.patreon.com/yaakovlappin.

Ambulances are surrounded by people at the entrance to the American University of Beirut Medical Center after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon on Sept. 17, 2024. Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
‘Whole of Hezbollah’s senior command level likely damaged’
Former defense official says beeper attack joins other strikes that appear to be “softening up” the terrorist group ahead of future developments.
Sept. 20, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Ambulances are surrounded by people at the entrance of the American University of Beirut Medical Center after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon on Sept. 17, 2024. Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
‘The ball is in Hezbollah’s court’
“What’s important is where this leads. Is it another round in the ping-pong game between Israel and Hezbollah—and if so it is worthless—or a prelude to a more significant confrontation?”
Sept. 18, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
A firefighter after a Yemeni missile hit near Moshav Kfar Daniel, between Modi'in and Ben-Gurion Airport, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Analysis
Iran using Houthis’ Yemen as weapons ‘testing ground’
Founder of Israel Missile Defense Organization expresses skepticism over Houthi claims of a “hypersonic” missile attack
Sept. 16, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Special forces operators from the Israeli Air Force's Shadag unit take part in a combat exercise in a built-up area at the Palmachim Airbase, July 12, 2020. Credit: IDF Spokesperson.
Analysis
Israel reportedly disrupts Iran’s missile accuracy project in Syria
Only a very high-value target could warrant a commando air-drop operation
Sept. 13, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Yahya Sinwar
Analysis
After Deif killed, is Mohammed Sinwar Hamas’s next terror master?
The younger brother of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Mohammad is considered a major planner of the Oct. 7 mass murder attack.
Sept. 12, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
An abandoned watchtower at the Israel-Jordanian border, as seen from the Israeli side. May 6, 2015. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.
Israel News
Iran activates smuggling, Muslim Brotherhood allies in Jordan
The arms traffic has become particularly problematic since January, Tehran seeking to subvert Hashemite monarchy, warn observers.
Sept. 11, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli troops during operational activity in the Gaza Strip, July 2024. Credit: IDF.
Analysis
Has Hamas partially restored capabilities in northern Gaza?
While Hamas is showing signs of limited resurgence, its new recruits are essentially “cannon fodder,” observers tell JNS.
Sept. 5, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Carrier Strike Groups
Israel News
‘Public disagreements between US and J’lem only embolden Iran’
Former senior American military officers share key observations with active duty colleagues.
Sept. 4, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Likud Knesset member Amit Halevi leads a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Analysis
MK Halevi calls for overhaul of IDF strategic thinking
“This generation of senior command relies on a conceptual world that is severely lacking,” Likud Knesset member Amit Halevi tells JNS.
Sept. 2, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Sgt. (res.) Rabbi Bentsi Mann at the IDF's Shura Base, Aug. 28, 2024. Photo by Yaakov Lappin.
Feature
Amid inconceivable sorrow, rabbis strive to create a gate to heaven
Rabbi Bentzi Mann had never seen a dead body in his life before Oct. 8. Within 15 minutes of his arrival at the IDF’s Shura Base, he found himself holding one, covered in blood.
Sept. 1, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Hezbollah Rocket Fire
Israel News
IAF aims to degrade Hezbollah’s capabilities while preparing for war
Former IAF Commander says the air force and intelligence units are closely monitoring enemy arenas for future “surprises.”
Aug. 30, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli forces conduct a counterterror operation near Jenin, Dec. 1, 2022. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Analysis
IDF Judea and Samaria op needed to ‘remove immediate terror threats’
Iran pursuing systematic strategy to arm and support terror groups in Judea and Samaria
Aug. 29, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
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